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Welcome to the Adult Pain Medicine Page. Pain medicine is a specialty devoted to patients suffering from variety of chronic pain disorders, offering a wide range of therapy approaches. Follow this page to stay up-to-date on pain therapies, patient stories and useful information related to pain management. Our goal is to connect you with others and provide resources to help inform your decision making. Post a comment and share your thoughts.
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Principal Investigator: Dr. W. Michael Hooten. M.D. IRB # 20-010302 The Mayo Clinic pain clinic in Rochester, MN is seeking volunteers with chronic back pain and…
Doris Jessesski tried a host of treatments to ease her chronic back pain. Then a Mayo Clinic Pain Medicine specialist recommended a new…
Quantitative Assessment of Painful Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy after High Frequency Spinal Cord Stimulation: (QUANT) HF10 Study Seeking volunteers with Type 2 Diabetes and painful peripheral…
A snowmobile accident left Blake Sunde with limited use of his right arm and triggered severe, chronic pain that lasted for years. Two years…
Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) for chronic pain was first described in 1967 by Dr. Shealy. It consists of applying electrical current to the posterior aspect…
The diaphragm is a dome shaped muscle that sits on top of the stomach. It is the primary breathing muscle. Along with the intercostal…
In January, Bea Fiala and her husband drove eight hours through a blizzard from their home in Grand Island, Nebraska, to Rochester, Minnesota, in search…
At 35, Tyler McDonald felt like his best years were behind him. Affected by mystifying mobility issues and severe pain, he needed a cane…
Originally posted via Mayo Clinic News Center Ken Start is an optimistic, energetic husband, father and grandfather with a job and family he loves.…
Nearly every medical appointment you go to these days will ask if you are experience pain. If you say "yes" the next question is likely…
Dr. Cornelius Thiels and colleagues including Dr. W. Michael Hooten recently published an article, “Chronic use of tramadol after acute pain episode: cohort study” in…
Originally posted via Sharing Mayo Clinic on May 22, 2019 There was a time in her life that Valerie Nicolaison didn't think she would ever…
One of the most common orthopedic surgeries today is a knee replacement operation. This is usually done for advanced arthritis of the joint and ongoing…
Any progressive pain clinic will include education on the use of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in the management of chronic pain. CBT consists of the…
Of all the challenges patients may face, one of the most difficult scenarios may be pain related to cancer. In addition to being a serious…
Originally posted via Sharing Mayo Clinic on March 4, 2019 Ron Schlicht thought the chronic pain he'd been living with in his right leg was…
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="362"] Image courtesy of SPR Therapeutics, Inc.[/caption] In the United States chronic low back pain affects approximately 25 million patients and millions…
Opioid medications are among the most powerful pain relievers available and can be effective in managing severe short-term pain and cancer pain. However, side effects…
The use of cannabis (marijuana) as a medical treatment has been around for thousands of years. In its earliest form, the cannabis plant was utilized…
Original published via Sharing Mayo Clinic on December 17, 2018. After years of chronic back pain, Guy Gottschalk was not optimistic that he would ever…
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